Folding chicken-coop



B. MILLER. FOLDING GHIGKEN COOP.

(No Model.)

No. 508,331. Patented Nov. 7, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BASIL MILLER, OF WEST LAFAYETTE, OHIO.

FOLDING CHICKEN-COOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,331, dated November 7, 1893. Application filed 0a.]... 4, 1392. Serial No. 449,867. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BASIL MILLER, a citizen of the United States,'re'siding at West Lafa yette, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful FoldingOhicken-Coop, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in folding chicken coops.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of folding or knock down chicken coops, and to provide one which will be strong and durable, and which may be readily arranged and secured in operative position, and in which there will be no danger of accidental collapsing.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement-of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure ,1 is a perspective view of a chicken coop constructed in accordance with this invention, and arrangedin operative position. Fig. 2 is a similar view the parts being folded. Fig.3 is a longitudinal sectional view the parts being in position shown in Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawm s.

designates a base on which are mounted coop crate or cage sections 2 and 3 the former of which is slightly narrower than the latter, and is adapted to fold down upon the base within the larger section 3, the latter being folded over the smaller section as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. Each cage section has its outer end closed and its inner end open and consists of a series of approximately rectangular frames 4 consisting of a transverse top piece, and similar,

sides provided at their lower ends with eyes 5 which are stapled to the base 1, and thereby hingedly connected with the base. The hinged frames are connected at the top by longitudinal bars 6 arranged in pairs and are provided with opposite grooves forming openings to receive the transverse top portions of the frames of each section, a pair of said bars being arranged at each side of each section 2 and 3 and being secured together by screws center.

] The ends and top of the crate or coop are covered with a wire netting 8 which is secured to the longitudinal bars 6, and to the end frames. The sides of the crate or coop are covered by a netting of cord 9, while between the side bars of the hinged frames are located rods 10 which have their upper ends bent horizontally and passedthrough the longitudinal bars, whereby the rods are hingedly connected with the top of the crate or coop, and the lower ends of the rods are provided with eyesand are stapled to the base, and thereby hingedly connected with the latter.

An intermediate hinged frame 11 is arranged between the sections, and is constructed similarly to the hinged frame of the latter, and it is provided at its center with an eye 12 to which'is designed to be secured a longitudinal bracing frame 13 which is approximately. rectangular, and which is hinged to the base similar to the frames of the sections, and which is provided with an eye 14. at its The longitudinal bracing frame is adapted when the crate is folded to fold down upon the base and when in use it supports the top and ends of the crate or coop, and prevents the sections from collapsing. It is secured in its elevated or operative position by any suitable wire tie which passes through the eyes 12 and 14.

End frames 15 and 16 are arranged at the ends of the coop, and at one end thereof the wire netting 8 terminates just above the frame 15 which is covered by netting, and which forms a door by means of which fowls may be taken from or placed in the coop or crate.

It will'be seen that the shipping crate or coop is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is strong and durable, and when not in use'it may be compactly folded.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing'any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is' 1. A folding coop comprising a base, and two inwardly folding cage sections having their outer ends closed, and their adjacent ends open and consisting of a series of frames hinged to the base, one of the cage sections being narrower than the other to fold down upon the base within the larger section, the latter folding down upon the smaller section, substantially as described.

2. A folding coop comprising a base, the two inwardly folding sections having their outer ends closed and their adjacent ends open and consisting of rectangular frames hingedly connected with the base, the longitudinal bars arranged at the tops of the sections and securing the frames of each section together, the wire netting extendingover the top and ends of the crate and secured to the longitudinal bars and to the end frames, and the rods provided at their lower ends with eyes and hingedly connected .to the base and having their upper ends bent horizontally and passed through the longitudinal bars, substantially as described.

3. A folding coop comprising a base, the two inwardly folding cage sections having their outer ends closed andtheir adjacentends open and having series of rectangular frames hingedly connected with the base, the longitudinal bars arranged at the tops of the sections and connecting the frames, the rectangular end frames 15 and 16 hingedly connected with the base, the frame 15 being provided with a netting covering and forming a door, the wire netting covering one end and the top of the crate and extending over the other end and terminating above the door, the netting extending over the sides and the rods arranged between the sides of the frame, substantially as described.

4. A folding coop comprising a base, the

two inwardly folding cage sections having their outer ends closed and their adjacent ends open and having series of approximately rectangular frames hingedly connected with the base and provided with longitudinal bars connecting the frames together, an intermediate rectangular frame hingedly connected with the base and disposed transverselythereof and provided with an eye, the longitudinal rectangular bracing frame hingedly connected to the base and provided with an eye and adapted to support the ends and tops of the sections to prevent the same collapsing, and means for securing the intermediate frame and the longitudinal bracing frame together, substantiallyas described.

5. A folding coop comprising a base, and the two inwardly folding cage sections having their outer ends closed and their adjacent ends open and having a series of hinged frames, one of the sections being narrower than the other and adapted to fold down upon the base within the larger section, the latter being adapted to fold down upon the other section, and the longitudinal bracing frame BASIL MILLER.

Witnesses:

NATHAN BUCKLEW, S. T. SAWYER. 

